Tubes removed from 32678 for boiler inspection

Terrier Trust Chair Brian Heyes reports that the tubes have recently been removed from 32678; obviously some were rather thin but their general condition looked quite good, indicative of the success of water treatment at Rolvenden to the notoriously hard water in the south-east.  We now await the findings of the boiler inspection of the inside of the engine to see if a further year’s use can occur on the current 10-year ticket

K&ESR Engineering Manager Paul Wilson states that 32678 saw use after Christmas on 27-28-29.

Class 2 operation is scheduled for the start of the new season proper on March 17 and 18, the latter being Mothering Sunday as well as the following Saturday, March 25

Although Easter itself is shown as a Red timetable period, two Class 5 are likely on Easter Day and the Bank Holiday; Class 2 operation is only a possibility on Good Friday and Saturday.  After that, the next opportunity to see small engines working on K&ESR will be the Colonel Stephens Weekend at the beginning of May

Further updates on the condition of both Terriers will follow throughout the rest of the winter and early spring

HN-27/01/2007